SierraDescents | 2008
January 11, 2008
“I am a Lucky Man…”
"I am a lucky man," Hillary told an interviewer after the Everest climb. "I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men." Sir Edmund (more)
January 9, 2008
Complexity Theory: Judgment Day is Inevitable
I watched Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on TV last night. Compared to the unexpected cult classic of the original Terminator, and the campy fun of its sequel, T2, the third (more)
January 8, 2008
Greenland Uncertainty
The New York Times has a front-page article today on the melting of Greenland's ice. Greenland occupies a special place in the global warming watch, as it contains an (more)
January 4, 2008
Storm of the Half-Century
Did I really just hear the TV News say they're expecting snowfall rates of 7+ inches per hour in the Sierra? Some forecasters are also saying this may be the biggest snowfall (more)
January 3, 2008
$100 Oil and the Stupid Monkeys
The funny thing is, initially this didn't even strike me as that big of a milestone. I mean, oil has been hovering around the $70-80 per barrel price for so long (relatively (more)
January 2, 2008
Observations
Two days ago, I drove home across the desert from Flagstaff, Arizona. Incidentally, they have snow in Flagstaff—lots of it. I was able to ski at the Snowbowl, my hometown (more)
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